by Hannah Beach | Sep 21, 2023 | Building Relationship, Caring, Connection, Emotional Release, Emotional Safety
Yesterday I visited my mom in the hospital. She has advanced dementia and holding onto time is challenging for her. Each time we leave the hospital, she is teary as it is frightening for her to be in an unknown place without her people and not clearly understanding...
by Hannah Beach | Jun 28, 2023 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Caring, Connection, Emotional Safety
As you may know, I am the youngest of nine and also had many foster brothers and sisters growing up. Needless to say, one-on-one time with my mother was very rare. However, my mother planned an intentional one-on-one date for us once a year. This was always at the end...
by Hannah Beach | Apr 29, 2021 | Attachment, Building Relationship, Caring, Connection, Emotional Safety, Feelings, Teaching
Emotional safety is foundational to learning and growth. It is the container that holds the space that allows children to feel, to be curious, to care, and to emerge as their unique selves. It can be hard to grasp what this looks and feels like in practical terms. It...
by Hannah Beach | Oct 28, 2020 | Arts, Caring, Community Building, Emotional Health, Emotional Safety, Empathy, Inclusion
In my last blog, I spoke about the power of anchors as a tool for keeping our students connected to us and to one another. These consistent connection activities help to keep systems from falling apart. And embedding them as rituals gives us a break from having...
by Hannah Beach | Jul 30, 2020 | Caring, Discipline, Empathy
We all want kids to care about one another. We want our children to grow up to be kind, empathic humans who feel a sense of caring for one another. We want our classrooms to be inclusive spaces in which a sense of caring is alive, not just with words, but in lived...